Improvement in corn-planters



` To dll whom/it may concern.-

i i Be it known that I, HENRY C. BESHLER, ot' Berrysburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennl"iiitNar o.` BESHLER, or BERRYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.`

Letters Patent No. 107,857, dated Gotober 4, 1870.

l IlVll-RO-VEMENTV IN CORNf-PILANTERS.

The Schedule referred to in theseV Letters' Patent and malxing of the` sanne sylvania, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Corn-planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a` full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use;the same, reference being hadl to the accompanying drawing `forming`part of this speciication, intwhich- Y Figure 1 is a detail sectional view of my improved imachine, taken through the line x ai, iig. 2.

" Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of -my improved machine, taken "through the line y y, fig. 1.

My invention has for its object -to fnrnishan improved corn-planter, which shall he so constructed and arranged 'as to drop the corn uniformly', and at the proper time and in such a waythat the operator may see thekernelsas they pass down the condnctor-spouts and y Y It consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully j described.

`A represents `the `frame of the machine. B is-'the seed-box or hopper, which may be made flong, to extend entirely across the machine, and which is supported by standardsattached to the frame A.

InA the bottom vof' the hoppers B are formed small holes, through which the seed may pass` to the droppingjdrnms or cylinders C, which are made hollow and` open at one end, as `shown in fig. 1.

Upon the end f' the-drum C, through which the shaft-,D passes, is formed a ,sleeve or hub, c', tting upon the said ,shaftA D, to which it is adjustably secured by set-screws E, which pass through the pro- -jecting parts of said hubs orsleeves, and the forward ends of which enter short grooves in thesaid shaft-D. In the rim of the drum G are formed two, more or less, sets of holes, `which may be of `different shape .and size, so that, by shifting the drums G upon the shaft D, to 4bring one or the otherof the sets of dropping-holes beneath Ithe discharge-openings in the loottom of the hopper B, the cornmay be dropped in r greater .or lesser quantity, and in hills at a greater or lesser distance apart, as may be desired.

lhe seed is kept from dropping out of the holes in the rim of the drums C, while being carried around to the conduct0r-spouts by the guards or shields F lGf.

rlhe upper end of the outer guard or shield F is attached to, the hopper B, and so formed as not to interfere withrthe movement of the drums O in adjusting them.

The lower end of the shield or guard G terminates just in front of tbe upper end of the spout H, so that thevholes in the rims of the drums O may be uncovered while the seed `is dropping into the said spouts.

J is a spring,lsecured to the guard or shieldlG, and so formed that, as the holes containing the seed pass out from beneath the lower` end of the shield or guard,

the downwardly-projecting part of said spring may enter the hole containing the seed sniciently to 4canse the seed to drppinto the conductor-spout, and,

at the saine tim e,psaid spring 'being so formed as not to interfere with the movement of the drums C in either direction; by catching in the holes of the said drums. y

Thev shaft D is driven from Vthe driving-wheels of l the machine in the ordinaryy manner.

Having thus described myinventiou,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters' Patent l l. The hollow drums G, for dropping the seed, constructed and connected with the shaftD,substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose `set 2. The combination of the shield or guardsF G v with the `hollow drumsG, hopper B, dropping-drums C, and.conductorspouts H, substantially asfhereiu shown and described'and for the purpose set forth.

y3. The combination of the spring J with the inner shield or guard Gr and hollow dropping-drum O, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

J.- D. SNYDER, D. K. McGLUnE.

HENRY o. BESHLER. 

